1.   Robust economic growth can cause inflation to accelerate, and higher interest rates moderate that growth by curbing spending.

2.   Robust economic growth can cause inflation to accelerate, and higher interest rates tend to moderate that growth by curbing spending.

3.   That prompted traders to buy Canadian dollars on optimism the central bank will raise its official rate as soon as this morning to moderate growth and avoid potential inflation.

4.   The report briefly unnerved the bond market, which saw it as a sign that higher rates were failing to moderate economic growth, and Treasury prices fell.

5.   After months of worrying about how moderating economic growth would affect corporate profits, investors had a mixed reaction when some of those reports were actually released.

6.   Analysts said businesses are moderating inventory growth as consumer spending slows.

7.   Indeed, after months of worrying about how moderating economic growth would affect corporate profits, investors had a mixed reaction when some of those reports were actually released.

8.   Last Friday, a report of moderating job growth offered one of the first signs that the Fed is succeeding in its goal, bolstering investor confidence.

9.   Last Friday, a report of moderating job growth offered one of the first signs that the Fed is succeeding in its goal and sparked a wave of buying.

10.   That dampened some of the optimism on Wall Street that recent signs of moderating economic growth would make a Fed rate increase unnecessary.